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Working from home
A Madrid couple traded a shuttered family factory for a workshop-home, crafting leather bags inspired by doctors' satchels and old schoolbags — proof that smaller can mean better.
Food
From Auckland's burgeoning culinary scene to a Madrid newsroom turned restaurant, here are our tastiest finds.
Voice of the people
Thriving media should be the heartbeat of a city, asking big questions and entertaining natives. Monocle visits three outlets that set the agendas for their cities in print and across the airwaves.
Home runs
From the hospitable feel of Madrid’s Conde Duque to Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, we explore opportunities in three vibrant neighbourhoods we would gladly call home.
Expo no. 83: On the home front
Madrid’s Edificio Princesa was designed by a suspect bohemian and houses a coup plotter. Once a bunker for Franco’s cadre, it is today a testament to the contradictions of Spain’s democratic transition.
To the letter
Montréal, Melbourne and Madrid are – in their own distinct ways – each blazing a trail when it comes to establishing (or reviving) themselves among fashion’s most sought-after cities.
Grand inquisitor
Crusading judge Baltasar Garzón made powerful enemies, leading to his downfall. But they have not silenced him, and his demands for accountability resonate with a disillusioned Spain.
Space invaders
Meet the entrepreneurs revitalising derelict spaces with community, food and nightlife. These are the people shaping our cityscapes with imagination, skill and creativity, from Madrid to Tokyo and beyond.
Amazing spaces
A publishing nerve-centre in Madrid, a marketing consultant in Copenhagen and an art fair organiser in London. One thing they all have in common is the beautiful and inspiring spaces they work from.
Malasaña (north)
With Madrid promoting financial and social change, the relaxed Bourbon style of the Malasaña neighbourhood is the ideal place to start your ‘Madriz’ property portfolio.
